Obama's State of the Union on Education

POTUS ON EDUCATION: Here's are the relevant education bits from the President's State of the Union:

"So, tonight, I propose working with states to make high-quality preschool available to every single child in America.

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That’s something we should be able to do."

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"Tonight, I’m announcing a new challenge, to redesign America’s high schools so they better equip graduates for the demands of a high-tech economy. And we’ll reward schools that develop new partnerships with colleges and employers, and create classes that focus on science, technology, engineering and math, the skills today’s employers are looking for to fill the jobs that are there right now and will be there in the future."

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Through tax credits, grants, and better loans, we’ve made college more affordable for millions of students and families over the last few years. But taxpayers can’t keep on subsidizing higher and higher and higher costs for higher education. Colleges must do their part to keep costs down, and it’s our job to make sure that they do.

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So, tonight, I ask Congress to change the Higher Education Act so that
affordability and value are included in determining which colleges receive certain types of federal aid.

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And--and tomorrow, my Administration will release a new college scorecard that parents and students can use to compare schools based on a simple
criteria: where you can get the most bang for your educational buck.